Another conversion project with wood binding 45 style

[tippie53]

Here is another conversion I am doing for a commission build. The customer wanted Snakewood binding and top in a 42 style. This was a lot of binding to work. With wood binding you can sometimes have gapping issues. I eliminated that with a .020 maple purfling on the side. The top is wood fiber an maple. To do the extension I make a stick of ebony , whit black pearl and black white black. It is easier to inlay this that the 7 individual pieces.
I use tite bond to glue in the pearl. I do use a poly strip to separate the purfling and hole the pearl channel open.

[watergunn]

So you glue up the purfling and ebony before hand? Then you miter the corners?

That seems much easier than putting in each piece like I am doing now.

Sometimes the obvious eludes me!!!

Rick Gunn

[tippie53]

make it easy , you won't go nuts as fast

[watergunn]

Way too late for me!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tippie53]

Got 3 ready to go out for finish. D 45 conversion a 12 string conversion with snakewood binding. Both were old Martins that were beyond repair so we redid them. The last one is a 12 fret dred with Honduran Rosewood and Carpathian top. On the D45 I made the dark red tortoise dots for the sides like the used to have .

[Dave Sayers]

Did you manage to reuse all of the original wood?

[Kevin Sjostrand]

That sure is purty with the snakewood.

Kevin

[Randy]

Jhon very sweet. Are they new or reconditioned? New tops on existing sides?
Coud not tell from the pic are you using the straight edge to follow with a small non Bering bit for the inlay?
Thanks for the shots and info.

[tippie53]

the final product
He was very happy and ordered another guitar before he left
thanks Carl

[RnB]

Fancy Schmanzy John. Dig the pkgd, esp how the tip of it nestles right into the abalone inlays. You don't usually see that on a D-45/42? The whole package is very nice...!